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At my last job during orientation they had us all in a circle and went around and asked us to tell the group who our favorite Office character was. When it got to me I answered that i had never seen it. Just absolute gasps and "oh my god you can't be serious" and then after that was over they had everyone say what Harry Potter house they'd be a part of and again when it got to me I said I had never watched/read it and by everyone's reactions you would've thought I had just shit on the table or something.
Assuming they read it'd prob be that obama memoir that came out recently. Saw a lot of lib acquaintances on IG posting pics of it when it came out next to a cup of coffee with a caption like "just casual morning reading on this lovely day 🌱☀️☕"
married to someone who has pretty severe depression, and she's watched Good Omens a countless amount of times. I asked her about it and to sum up, for her whenever she felt the worst (whether it was the normal self-hate depression or outside world influences) that watching something familiar that also didn't demand all her attention helps her 'coast' through the bad times. i think there's probably a percentage of the sum of 2020 office watchers that'd say something similar.
the romance plots are awful. you're right, i don't understand how it doesn't just make the jim and pam story so unbearable for everyone else. if you pay attention to the editing and camera work you realize just how much screen time it eats up and how obvious it is from the beginning, which makes it such a waste and a drag
the humour is pretty good though, both steve carell's performance and michael as a character are 10/10
Well, in the British version (yeah fuck terf island etc.) the Jim/Pam relationship is a tragic crush, which is sad/funny and much more interesting. I mean, the whole american show is far too upbeat and the racist/sexist angles are played way down.
yeah when i realized how much i hated the jim/pam relationship (and really jim specifically) it kinda broke the show for me
I watched it when it first aired and I tried to rewatch some a few years ago. I stopped because it wasn't that enjoyable
Hell yeah, the show's fuckin lit, especially the first few seasons. I know it's hard for some of you to relate considering you've never held down a job before.
I know it’s hard for some of you to relate considering you’ve never held down a job before.
Pipe down with the chud talk.
The vibe in this post is anti-PMC culture. The crux of the show is about satirizing PMC culture. To miss that connection would require a lack of relatability.
I know what the show is about dipshit. I'm taking issue with the jab at people who might not be able to 'hold down a job'. That's some chud shit.
The chud shit is being a reactionary to people liking a TV show. Less forum shitposting, more updating your resume and putting out feelers on LinkedIn, plz
I've worked in offices for a long time and didn't find it relatable at all. Maybe it's because I work in a major city and not a small town. The office life I know is a lot less heartwarming. Camaraderie exists but there's a lot less involvement of personal lives. I have great friends I met at work but it's much more atomized. There have been plenty of people I share an office with that I don't even know.
It's still a funny show but it's one that I can't really watch anymore because it's been beaten to death by popular culture.
somewhere along the line, the show stopped presenting Michael as delusional and intrusive for seeing the office like a family, and started agreeing with him
I think once a show has a run like that it becomes harder to not treat the entire thing as precious. Especially with a sitcom rather than a drama. People don't want characters they've developed parasocial relationships with to be treated cynically.
Personally I kind of doubt it. I think it might have somewhat become that over time, but I'm sure the initial pitch was just "hey people work in offices everywhere, let's make a sitcom about one where the boss is a dipshit." Of course since it was originally created by Ricky Gervais I wouldn't be shocked if shitty politics were a motivation. I guess I'm saying I think the goal was to appeal to people more than to influence them.
Yeah, that's the one big thing the UK show has over the US one.
Brent stays absolutely loathsome and pathetic throughout the whole show because that's what he is. A loser who failed upwards into management.
Probably a benefit of having like 12 episode total or whatever.
And if you've ever worked at a tech startup, Silicon Valley. Strange to find out Mike Judge is a libertarian.
Yeah I hate that he a libertarian too, I feel like he just latched on to it and never explored economic and political theory after that. Lots of lefties went from libertarian to socialist after actually understanding how it's a failed ideology
Yeah I have a few friends that have described themselves as libertarian until I pointed out a couple things about it. I think a lot of people are sold on the whole "I should be able to do whatever I want with my property" thing. They have some romantic idea in their heads where they live a peaceful life off the grid, grow their own food, and shit. They don't realize how stupid the economic and societal implications are.
100%, but I would add in on top of the fact that they can relate to the characters, everything works out for everyone in the end. Even that ass Roy gets a happy ending. Michael Schurr is not capable of writing a show where in the long run, ultimately everyone doesn't get what they wanted out of life. It's schmaltzy af but of course Americans just eat that up.
Relatable characters + happy endings for everyone = my shitty life is gonna turn out ok no matter what.
Michael Shur also can't write a show where the characters don't alleet the love of their life at work and ultimately get married at work, or with all their co workers in attendance. Even the ones they don't get along with.
If you want to watch something that's been off the air for years, watch Twin Peaks instead
That's weirdly dark. Every way I read that it gives me depressing vibes.
Never thought we’d be pining for the good old days of the Great Recession but here we are
When I worked with corporate PMC perverts all the green staff wanted our work environment to emulate The Office. Cringe.
Nah yeah it can be fun for sure it just kills me that it's still the thing everyone is watching, history ended alright
Wasn't the point of the show taking place in Scranton is that it's such a shitty generic american city full of chain stores and restaurants it could be mistaken for any other place?
I used to hate it because of the art style but then I watched the Bass Festival episode and the part where the dam cracks had me losing my shit. Ever since then I was able to appreciate it more.
It doesn't work though because Scranton isn't actually a generic american city full of chain stores. It's an old city that peaked 100 years ago, so it was built in a chain-unfriendly way (corporate chains HATE anything that isn't a uniform farm field they can just plop down on) and was a declining market when chains started getting big.
Somewhere like Des Moines or going the route like Parks and Rec being in an unamed city in Indiana would have been a better "generic american city" choice. Even then, there's really no such thing as a "generic American city". They all have local flavor of some sort.
But also, there's the thing that people say about how Game of Thrones was the last collective entertainment experience, I feel like it's more fractured now, people find their own things to watch.
Yeah totally. Now excuse me while I alternate between watching The Sopranos for the eighth time and random seasons 1-8 episodes of The Simpsons.
white people watch one episode of the office and base their entire personality around it.
I like the office a lot, but some of the fans have a very "I'll just be over here petting the doggo at the party" energy
Idk a bunch of people were stressing and sad, retreating to a familiar thing that makes you happy is ok. I rewatched The Simpsons from scratch and loved it
I'm a sucker for sitcoms, but either I've grown old and jaded or they just don't make them like they used to. I can't even finish the last season of Always Sunny, so I usually end up rewatching the old stuff.
The Office is the least funny show in existence, every clip I see is just awkward cringe. Delete it
Awkward Cringe is the whole point of the show. Some people enjoy that, just like some people enjoy roller coaster, and some people can't stand them. Its just different people having different preferences.
What amazes me is that I've tried to show Nathan For You to people in my family that love the office and they fucking hate it
Only because it was in a streaming service no body wants. But white people almost rioted when it left Netflix.
